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3" BL + 33x12.5 BFG AT KO's
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Bodylift + 32, or 33's.. Choose! :-)

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Old Apr 22, 2008
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Bodylift + 32, or 33's.. Choose! :-)

Well, I am fully planning on a bodylift, AND getting new tires at the same time..

My current wheels are some 15x8 with 3 3/4 backspacing Ultra Baja Black/Chrome Wheels..

My current pick is up to you all..! What would you like to see the most?

Only issue I would have with a 33, is I don't think I would be able to tuck NEAR as much as I would be able to currently.. those with more experience may have something to say about it perhaps. That, plus wheel size.. I know a 15x8 isn't the preferable choice for a 12.5, but it also holds a bead pretty well, and doesn't balloon out quite as far as some options previous people have made (can we say 10's on 14's?)
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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Oh you can tuck 33" just fine. granted you got fender flare thingys to worry about...
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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Originally Posted by Blackhawk
Oh you can tuck 33" just fine. granted you got fender flare thingys to worry about...
Yeah, thats jsut what I'm worried about.. I know a 32 on a 3" will tuck jsut fine.. but with a fender flare.. oof, I dont want to bend anything under there or rip anything off really...
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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a 33 will tuck fine with minimal rubbing if any at all. heck there used to be a member here tucking 33s on 15x8s with no lift at all!

run a 33 and a 15x8

you worried about a 8" wide rim with a 12.5" wide tire. I will be running a 8.5" wide rim with a 14.5" wide tire.

firefighterjosh has 15x7 and 33x12.5x15 tire and they wear good.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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Originally Posted by zabeard
a 33 will tuck fine with minimal rubbing if any at all. heck there used to be a member here tucking 33s on 15x8s with no lift at all!

run a 33 and a 15x8

you worried about a 8" wide rim with a 12.5" wide tire. I will be running a 8.5" wide rim with a 14.5" wide tire.

firefighterjosh has 15x7 and 33x12.5x15 tire and they wear good.
Great info to hear
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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33s, 32s look too small IMO
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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Ya after one day of having 32's on a body lift you will wish you would have gotten 33's..go big man!
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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i have 6" of lift with 32s :)
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
33s, 32s look too small IMO
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3" body and 32x11.50s. I think it looks pretty good.

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Old Apr 22, 2008
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^^^To me that looks perfect! I don't like the stuffed look, both on trucks and on women...
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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go with 33 and the bl

heres mine tuckin 33s

and then with the 3 in bl

in think the 33s look the best
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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Bigger is better !

3" Bodylift with 33" tires!

 
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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Originally Posted by ojaneri
Bigger is better !

3" Bodylift with 33" tires!

bah.. you cheat with your king cab.. make everyone here jealous hahaha
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
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3" body and 32x11.50s. I think it looks pretty good.

Yeah it looks pretty good but 33s look better. I'm gonna be a hypocrite tho I'll be running a BL with 32s shortly lol
 
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Originally Posted by ojaneri
Bigger is better !

3" Bodylift with 33" tires!

Totally jealous! You and your TRUE 4 doors and diesel.....can I be your exchange student?? The chicks down there are pretty dang hot! hahahaha.
 
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I see we finally got a full-size pic of the body lift to Shane, sweet!
 
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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
Yeah it looks pretty good but 33s look better. I'm gonna be a hypocrite tho I'll be running a BL with 32s shortly lol
Yea...so a pic of mine somehow arises! lol. That's 3" BL, cranked bars, stock rear. It's actually LEVEL!

I personally can't stand the look of A/Ts. 3" BL and 32" ATs would, i think, make the tire look too tiny. The MT sorta hides that.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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I was about to post the same thing. He's going with ATs as well so I think it would look better with a 33. Your MTs are bigger than a 32 AT thats why they look better.
 
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Too bad i'm tired and accidently voted for 32s! lol.

I vote 33x12.50s!!
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008
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All depend son the terrain... if i get soem MT's im goign to have to get them siped.. only beause of teh weather around here.. but they woudl look quite a bit better too
 
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